Fall is late this year.

By DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
United States
November 2, 2021 9:03am CST
I keep waiting for the leaves in the trees in my back yard to start changing color for fall... Pretty soon the cold from winter will just make them turn brown and fall off the trees without turning the beautiful fall colors first. Pretty and I were out driving around the countryside last week and hardly saw any trees that weren't summer green still. I'm sure this is killing the fall tourist season for the Ozarks. It was 34F (3C) when I got up at 5 am this morning... I didn't want to get out of bed. How about at your house? Are the leaves changing color for fall? Trees in my back yard. Photo is mine.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
2 Nov 21
Yes, the leaves have changed color already here. They are beautiful now. I love those that turned fully red.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
I think the color change would have already happened here if it was going to this year. I'll miss seeing the beautiful fall foliage this year.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
2 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil It rained yesterday, looking at the woods I could see the leaves falling like rain, it was beautiful.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
@LadyDuck It's been raining every day for the last week. It's cold and gloomy now.
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Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
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2 Nov 21
Is that a huge pine tree? It's beautiful! in our apartment? we only have 2 trees. In our house back in the city, we only have palm trees. but i like your tree there
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
Yes, we call it a Cedar but it's almost like a pine tree. There are a lot of trees in my back yard.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
@Janet357 In some parts of your country, I believe it's called "kalantas".
Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
•
2 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Oh so this is Cedar. It think it is not common here.
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
11 Jan 22
Our weather has been really weird. We had fall weather way into December. We got some snow then Christmas Eve we got hit pretty good. The trees around me were still acting like it was early fall.
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
11 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil It is hard to say. My Russian Olive tree is still putting out new leaves. I wonder if I should bring it inside. lol
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
11 Jan 22
@velvet53 Supposedly, as long as you don't go below -50F, it shouldn't have a problem... but if it's in a pot, I wouldn't want it's roots to freeze.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
11 Jan 22
The trees here never did go colorful. After the second hard frost in late November, the leaves turned brown and a storm brought them down from the trees. I'm wondering if Spring is going to happen early or late this year.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
2 Nov 21
Here we never get as much fall colored trees as further north, but what little change we get hasn’t arrived.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
2 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I wouldn’t consider it southern either.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
I wondered if the southern states changed as much as where I live in the Ozarks. (Missouri is considered a "southern" state by most of the nation, but we don't consider ourselves southern.)
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
I think we already had some colorful leaves in November. I love when the leaves on the trees change colors.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
30 Dec 21
What are you doing? I just got notifications from you for four or five of my older discussions. I love seeing the colorful leaves every fall. This year the leaves never changed until we had our first hard frost. Then the leaves just turned brown and fell off the trees.
Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
@DaddyEvil I decided to hop onto your profile and see what you've been writing discussion-wise. Hope you don't mind.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
@DaddyEvil I also like the sound of the leaves crunching against my feet.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Nov 21
I like Your backyard. Our leaves are turning yellow and falling down my walking trail is completed covered in fallen leaves.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
16 Nov 21
@RubyHawk I don't know why they'd bother, either... Our next-door neighbor was out mulching them today with his riding mower and then he used his leaf blower to blow them back into his yard... Pretty told me not to worry about it. He needs a "hobby", too...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
16 Nov 21
Thank you. I do wish the neighbor's pile of junk wasn't so prominent back there. Our front yard is now completely covered ankle deep from the trees across the street. But, I know they'll blow away before spring gets here.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil People-go up and down the parking lot every day with leaf blowers but I don’t see why. The wind blows them right back.
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
2 Nov 21
Our fall foliage came fast and wasn’t as vibrant as it had been in past years. I did manage to take in some of the beautiful scenery as the leaves changed. Now we have mostly their trees or just brown leaves.
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Vermont. Lovely area year round. Freaking cold in the winter though.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@ElusiveButterfly I see... Thank you for telling me. I've never been that far north and east. (It gets really cold in Missouri... I'd hate to go through a winter in Vermont!)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Which part of the US are you in, roughly?
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Feb 22
Is the ozarks a real place? Ozark is a show (I think that’s the name).
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil I see previews for it on netflix.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_(TV_series)
en.m.wikipedia.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_(TV_series)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
6 Feb 22
Yes, The Ozarks is a part of Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. It's a hilly and mountainous region that is distinct from the surrounding areas. I don't know about it being a show.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
6 Feb 22
@shaggin Oh, I see. We don't have Netflix. (We don't watch TV, either. *shrug*)
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prashu
@prashu228 (37518)
• India
2 Nov 21
Changing colours...No...it doesn't happen here... Backyard is so beautiful..
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
Thank you. You miss out on so many pretty things that happen here but I'd rather have it warm all year, just not as warm as you all get to have it.
prashu
@prashu228 (37518)
• India
2 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil hmmm I miss it...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Nov 21
@prashu228 You might not "miss" it, but you don't get to see it firsthand... Just like I don't miss 65C days during your summer season... Have you gone and looked at the new site, Noise.cash, yet? If so, did you join and what name are you using there?
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Nov 21
I hope they turn into their spectacular colors before they turn brown and fall off the trees. Our trees are glorious right now. I want to say we're at the peak, but there are still a lot of green trees here too. Strange for November when the trees are usually stark by now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
9 Nov 21
Most of the trees in my yard are still dark green. The black walnut trees are the only ones shedding leaves after they've turned brown.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
9 Nov 21
@just4him True... Our summer was not as hot as normal and seemed to last forever...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil You are farther south too, which might make a difference. Then too, this year's weather is totally messed up.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
4 Nov 21
Yes, leaves changed their color. It is beautiful seeing the trees during fall.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
Would you mind taking a picture and writing a discussion about the leaves changing color there?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@nela13 If the leaves have already gone, then don't bother and thank you for being willing to do that for me. I do appreciate it.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I don't mind but here is now more winter than autumn. Even though tomorrow I will take the picture.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
3 Nov 21
We don't see those fall colors here. I loved them during my stay in your country. It's sad that you missed them this year and definitely a setback for fall colors tourism.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
You could come and help me. We could go from tree to tree, painting the leaves before they just turn brown and fall off.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
5 Nov 21
@arunima25 I'm sure we could make a beautiful tree art, too. People would try to buy it from us.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
5 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I love painting and I won't mind.We can pick up those fallen leaves, paint them and stick them to one artificial tree. And keep that tree in one corner of our house. We can enjoy fall colors throughout the year. Oh! My creativity and imagination knows no boundaries
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
2 Jan 22
Yes, but here, too, winter came quickly, so the leaves fell quickly.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@Nevena83 That's what happened here, too. Although, the cold weather keeps leaving and we have days that feel like Spring. (I was out in our back yard on New Year's Eve wearing jean shorts and sandals and the temperature then was 22C. Right now it's -12C outside and snow is falling.)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
2 Jan 22
The leaves here normally change color and we have tourists from around the first of October until into November. This year, the leaves stayed green until almost the end of November, turned brown and then all fell off at the same time.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
2 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil The cold weather came here quickly, so the process accelerated.
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Vree0937
@Vree0937 (3878)
• Indonesia
3 Nov 21
What is Ozarks? I know I will keep my blanket on even its 10c. So cozy to sleep more..
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Ozarks is the part of the US where I live. My city is called Aurora, Missouri. The Ozarks is a plateau/mountain range in the central US.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@Vree0937 We don't have a high rate of crime here. But there are two bigger cities on either side of us that do. I told you my city was small. There are a lot of lakes in the Ozarks. Edit to add: It's listing crimes in the whole area, not just for my city.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@Vree0937 I know what it says... You also notice it doesn't tell you what the "crimes" are, right? The neighbor scratched my car. That is a crime... Is it a crime big enough to warrant worrying about? Not in my opinion.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jan 22
Strangely enough this old house we moved to last year has no trees around it except down the hill. I haven't been out so don't know. Here in Florida though it mostly stays warmer till mid winter then it's freezing in morning and most of the night, but turns hot as "he..double toothpicks" by noon. till night fall again.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil geesh ! crazy weather every where.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
14 Jan 22
There are lots of trees around our house. But until the first week of December the leaves were still green. Then we had a hard freeze and all the leaves turned brown and fell off during a storm. I was out in our back yard yesterday afternoon wearing jean shorts, tank top and sandals. It was nice. Tonight the forecast is calling for icy rain and snow after nightfall until Sunday morning.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
14 Jan 22
@bunnybon7 I've been talking with people all around the planet and the weather everywhere has gone nutso.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Nov 21
This erratic weather must be its cause We do not have that experience here.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Hope atleast you got to see some Fall trees not so far away from your place.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
You're probably right. It feels like we skipped over fall and are heading straight into winter here.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@allknowing We drove an hour to the East of our house and two hours West from our house and none of the trees were showing any color changes. (We had to go to doctors' offices in the cities on both sides of ours last Tuesday.)
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Nov 21
Most of the leaves are falling off the trees here.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil They did change colors first.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@jstory07 I'm glad you got to see the color change.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Did they change color first or did the storms take them off?
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
3 Nov 21
I live in an apartment and have tons of trees around us. Unfortunately, not many actually change colors before they fall. We've had a lot of leaves on the ground for about a week or so.
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I can understand as I grew up in Tennessee and the trees there are lovely this time of year.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@simone10 Tennessee is beautiful in the fall!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
We're in a house and have trees all around us. Normally I get to enjoy deep reds and yellow in the fall. I miss that this year.
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rakski
@rakski (156506)
• Philippines
3 Nov 21
we do not have that here unfortunately
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@rakski It's 0C this morning if you'd like to come visit right now...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
I know... You miss out on all the beautiful colors every year... but you also miss out on the freezing temps that go with fall and winter, too.
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rakski
@rakski (156506)
• Philippines
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil yes, that is true. almost same colors and weather all year round
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
3 Nov 21
1/2 the trees are bare, half the trees are green. welcome to the odd new way of weather!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
No doubt... I don't like it.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@DocAndersen I've got a stick... I'll try to cram my complaint on in there, too!
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil the complaint box is full, you'll have to be faster next time!
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